Studies on the inhibition of tumor cell growth and microtubule assembly by 3-hydroxy-4-[(E)-(2-furyl)methylidene]methyl-3-cyclopentene-1,2-dione, an intensively coloured Maillard reaction product.
Food Chem Toxicol
; 40(1): 9-18, 2002 Jan.
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ABSTRACT
Very recently, 3-hydroxy-4-[(E)-(2-furyl)methylidene]methyl-3-cyclopentene-1,2-dione (1) has been successfully identified as an intensively coloured Maillard product formed from glucose and L-proline upon thermal food processing. Using a biomimetic synthetic strategy, reference material of compound 1 was prepared and purified, and then used to study its effect on the growth of human tumor cells. Compound 1 was found to potently inhibit the growth of human tumor cells in vitro. Using a reporter gene assay we could show that in growth inhibitory concentrations compound 1 effectively inhibits the phosphorylation of the transcription factor Elk-1. In addition, 1 was found to affect the microtubule skeleton. The human mammary carcinoma cell line MCF-7 exhibits a decrease of the microtubule organisation when treated for 24 h with 1 (> or =20 microM). At concentrations of 30 microM and above a loss of microtubule integrity is observed after 1 h incubation. In vitro studies demonstrated that the polymerisation and, to a minor extent, also the depolymerisation of tubulin, isolated and purified from bovine brain, is inhibited in a dose-dependent manner at concentrations of 30 microM and above. This is the first time that a non-enzymatically formed browning compound of known structure was reported to effectively inhibit tumor cell growth and microtubule assembly.
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Assunto principal:
Fatores de Transcrição
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Reação de Maillard
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Divisão Celular
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Ciclopentanos
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Proteínas de Ligação a DNA
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Furanos
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Microtúbulos
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Neoplasias
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Antineoplásicos
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2002
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